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US10374249B2
US10374249B2 US15/653,865 US201715653865A US10374249B2 US 10374249 B2 US10374249 B2 US 10374249B2 US 201715653865 A US201715653865 A US 201715653865A US 10374249 B2 US10374249 B2 US 10374249B2
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  • the present disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery.
  • Rechargeable batteries can be repeatedly charged and discharged, unlike primary batteries that cannot be recharged.
  • Low-capacity rechargeable batteries may be used for portable compact electronic apparatuses, e.g., mobile phones, notebook computers, and camcorders, and high-capacity rechargeable batteries may be widely used as a power source, e.g., for driving a motor of a hybrid vehicle, etc.
  • the rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly performing the charge and the discharge, and the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
  • the electrode assembly is formed of a structure in which a plurality of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are deposited, but may be formed of a structure in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a belt shape are spirally wound.
  • the electrode assembly is received in a case to execute the charge and the discharge, and the case includes a terminal to supply or receive a current.
  • the case may be made as a metal plate or a pouch.
  • a rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator, the first electrode and the second electrode being wound with the separator therebetween, and a case to receive the electrode assembly, wherein the first electrode includes a first tab part having a first coating region and a plurality of first uncoated tabs protruding out of the first coating region, the first coating region being coated with a first active material, and the plurality of first uncoated tabs not being coated with the first active material, and a first non-tab part connected to the first tab part, the first non-tab part wrapping the first tab part at an outermost portion thereof at least one time.
  • the rechargeable battery according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a first lead tab electrically connecting the plurality of first uncoated tabs and drawn out from the case.
  • the first non-tab part may include a coating region coated with the first active material without an uncoated tab.
  • the plurality of first uncoated tabs may be overlapped with each other at one side of the electrode assembly.
  • the first tab part and the first non-tab part may be integrally formed.
  • the first non-tab part may wrap the first tab part at the outermost portion thereof three times.
  • the second electrode may include a second tab part including a second coating region coated with a second active material and a plurality of second uncoated tabs that are protruded to one side of the second coating region and not coated with the second active material, and a second non-tab part connected to the second tab part and wrapping the second tab part at an outermost portion thereof at least one time.
  • the rechargeable battery according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a second lead tab electrically connecting the plurality of second uncoated tabs and drawn out from the case.
  • the second non-tab part may include a coating region coated with the second active material without an uncoated tab.
  • the plurality of second uncoated tabs may be overlapped with each other at one side of the electrode assembly.
  • the second tab part and the second non-tab part may be integrally formed.
  • the second non-tab part may wrap the second tab part at the outermost portion thereof three times.
  • the first tab part may have first and second edges opposite each other, the first tab part being wound from the first edge, and the first non-tab part being connected to the second edge.
  • the first non-tab part may extend along an outermost perimeter of at least once.
  • the first non-tab part may separate the wound first tab part from an interior sidewall of the case.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view showing a shape in which a tab part region of an electrode assembly applied to the rechargeable battery in FIG. 1 is spirally wound to a non-tab part region.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded perspective view of an electrode assembly shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a front view showing a shape in which an electrode assembly shown in FIG. 3 is spirally wound.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional side view of an electrode assembly shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • a rechargeable battery 100 may include a case 30 , and a first lead tab 21 and a second lead tab 22 drawn out from the case 30 .
  • the case 30 of the rechargeable battery 100 may be made of a metal plate or a pouch, and hereinafter an example of a pouch case is described.
  • the case 30 may include a receiving part 31 , an edge bonding part 33 , and an upper bonding part 32 .
  • the case 30 may be made of a film including an insulator.
  • the case 30 may be closed and sealed by bonding of a first plate and a second plate.
  • the first plate and the second plate are heat-sealed to each other at the edge bonding part 33 formed at a side of the receiving part 31 to be bonded to each other.
  • the receiving part 31 protrudes from either one of the first plate and the second plate of the case 30 .
  • portions of the first and second plates protrude away from each other to define an empty space, i.e., the receiving part 31 , surrounded by the sealed edge bonding part 33 and the upper bonding part 32 .
  • An electrode assembly 10 (referring to FIG. 2 ) and an electrolyte may be received together in the receiving part 31 , i.e., in the empty space defined by the first and second plates.
  • the first lead tab 21 and the second lead tab 22 may be drawn out from the case 30 , e.g., to protrude in a length direction of the rechargeable battery 100 .
  • the first lead tab 21 and the second lead tab 22 may protrude from the upper bonding part 32 of the case 30 to the outside.
  • the first lead tab 21 and the second lead tab 22 may include a protection tape 23 to prevent a short with the upper bonding part 32 .
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a shape in which a non-tab part region is wrapped and spirally wound outside a tab part region of the electrode assembly 10 applied to the rechargeable battery 100 .
  • the electrode assembly 10 may include a separator 13 interposed between a first electrode 11 and a second electrode 12 .
  • the electrode assembly 10 is formed by spirally winding the first electrode 11 , the second electrode 12 , and the separator 13 .
  • the electrode assembly 10 is spirally wound and pressed by a press, thereby being manufacturing in an oval shape.
  • a first electrode tab 11 c and a second electrode tab 12 c protrude at one side of the electrode assembly 10 .
  • the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c may be respectively formed by overlapping a plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b (referring to FIG. 3 ) and a plurality of second uncoated tabs 12 b (referring to FIG. 3 ) respectively extended from the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12 .
  • the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b may extend from the first electrode 11 and may protrude to one side of the electrode assembly 10 .
  • the plurality of second uncoated tabs 12 b may extend from the second electrode 12 , may protrude to one side of the electrode assembly 10 , and may be separated from the first uncoated tabs 11 b .
  • the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c may be respectively electrically connected to the first lead tab 21 and the second lead tab 22 inside the case 30 .
  • the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12 may include a tab part region 15 a , i.e., a region at which the first uncoated tabs 11 b and the second uncoated tabs 12 b are formed, and a non-tab part region 17 a , i.e., a region without the first uncoated tabs 11 b and without the second uncoated tabs 12 b .
  • the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a may be connected to each other.
  • FIG. 3 the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a may be connected to each other.
  • the first electrode 11 may include the first coating region 11 a that extends continuously in the tab part region 15 a and in the non-tab part region 17 a , such that the first uncoated tabs 11 b are formed only in the first coating region 11 a of the tab part region 15 a .
  • the second electrode 12 may have a same structure as the first electrode 11 .
  • the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a are respectively spirally wound to form a tab part 15 and a non-tab part 17 of the electrode assembly 10 , and the non-tab part 17 (referring to FIG. 4 ) wraps the tab part 15 (referring to FIG. 4 ).
  • the winding of the first and second electrodes 11 and 12 may begin at a first edge of the tab part region 15 a , i.e., an edge opposite to a second edge connected to the non-tab part region 17 a , such that winding of the tab part region 15 a defines the tab part 15 with the non-tab part 17 wrapping at least once around an exterior of the tab part 15 .
  • the tab part region 15 a is spirally wound, the tab part 15 , in which the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b and second uncoated tabs 12 b protrude in the length direction of the electrode assembly 10 , is formed.
  • the non-tab part 17 is positioned outside of the electrode assembly 10 to wrap the exterior of the tab part 15 at least one time. Accordingly, the non-tab part region 17 a may be formed with a length L enclosing the outside of the tab part 15 at least one time, e.g., the length L may equal a length of an external perimeter of the tab part 15 along a winding direction.
  • the non-tab part 17 wraps the outside of the tab part 15
  • the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c of the tab part 15 may be separated from the case 30 , e.g., from an interior sidewall of the case 30 , by a thickness of the non-tab part 17 . Accordingly, if the electrode assembly 10 becomes swollen in an abnormal state, the first electrode tab 11 c or the second electrode tab 12 c and the case 30 may be prevented from being short-circuited.
  • the non-tab part 17 wraps the outside of the tab part 15 multiple times, the total thickness increases such that the short-preventing effect is improved.
  • the non-tab part 17 may wrap the tab part 15 about three times in consideration of the length of a flow path of the current of the current collector.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the electrode assembly 10 .
  • each of the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12 may include the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a.
  • the first electrode 11 may be a negative electrode.
  • the negative electrode may be made of a metal material having excellent conductivity, e.g., a thin copper plate.
  • the negative electrode coating region may be formed of a material in which a negative active material, e.g., a carbon material and the like, is mixed with a binder conductive material and the like.
  • the second electrode 12 may be a positive electrode.
  • the positive electrode may be made of a metal material having excellent conductivity, e.g., a thin aluminum plate.
  • the positive electrode coating region may be formed of a material in which a lithium-based oxide is mixed with a binder, a conductive material, etc.
  • the separator 13 may be formed of a porous material, and may be formed of, e.g., polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, etc.
  • the first electrode 11 may include a current collector made of a thin metal plate with a strip shape and a first coating region 11 a at which the active material is coated on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector. Also, the first uncoated tab 11 b that protrudes from the first coating region 11 a and is not coated with the active material may be included.
  • the second electrode 12 like the first electrode 11 , may include a second coating region 12 a , in which the active material is coated on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector, and the second uncoated tab 12 b that protrudes from one side of the second coating region 12 a and is not coated with the active material.
  • the first uncoated tab 11 b and the second uncoated tab 12 b may be formed by forming a non-coated part at each current collector where the active material is not coated at one side of the first coating region 11 a and the second coating region 12 a .
  • the first uncoated tab 11 b and the second uncoated tab 12 b may be formed at the current collector by welding.
  • a plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b and a plurality of second uncoated tabs 12 b may be separated and disposed in the tab part region 15 a so that the first uncoated tab 11 b and the second uncoated tab 12 b may protrude one by one from the electrode assembly 10 for each full wind.
  • a plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b and a plurality of second uncoated tabs 12 b may be separated and disposed in the tab part region 15 a.
  • the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a will be described as an example of the first electrode.
  • the tab part region 15 a includes the first coating region 11 a and the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b . As described above, as the tab part region 15 a is spirally wound, a tab part 15 (referring to FIG. 4 ), in which the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b protrude to one side in the electrode assembly 10 , is formed.
  • the non-tab part region 17 a may be separated from the final first uncoated tab 11 b among a plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b formed in the tab part region 15 a to be connected to the tab part region 15 a .
  • the non-tab part region 17 a may include the first coating region 11 a . However, the first uncoated tab 11 b is not formed in the non-tab part region 17 a.
  • the non-tab part region 17 a may be integrally formed with the tab part region 15 a . That is, the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a may be formed in the current collector of one first electrode 11 . However, as another example, the tab part region 15 a and the non-tab part region 17 a may be separately formed and the non-tab part region 17 a may be connected to one side of the tab part region 15 a by welding.
  • the length L of the non-tab part region 17 a is formed to wind the outside of the tab part 15 at least one time when spirally winding the tab part region 15 a .
  • the length L of the non-tab part region 17 a may wrap the outside of the tab part 15 one time to three times.
  • a plurality of tab part regions 15 a and non-tab part regions 17 a may be formed, and may be alternately arranged and mutually connected.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view showing a shape in which the electrode 10 is spirally wound.
  • the electrode assembly 10 includes the tab part 15 and the non-tab part 17 .
  • the tab part 15 is positioned inside the electrode assembly 10 , and the first uncoated tabs 11 b and the second uncoated tabs 12 b protrude out of the wound electrode assembly 10 .
  • the non-tab part 17 wraps the outside of the tab part 15 and is positioned outermost of the electrode assembly 10 .
  • the non-tab part 17 may wrap the outside of the tab part 15 at least one time. As another example, the non-tab part 17 may wrap the outside of the tab part 15 three times.
  • the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b and the plurality of second uncoated tabs 12 b protrude out in the tab part 15 .
  • the first uncoated tabs 11 b and the second uncoated tabs 12 b are respectively overlapped, thereby forming the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c .
  • the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c are respectively connected to the first lead tab 21 and the second lead tab 22 .
  • the tab part 15 is separated from the outside of the electrode assembly 10 by a separation distance G. If the non-tab part 17 is wrapped three times, the separation distance G is increased by three times.
  • the first uncoated tabs 11 b and the second uncoated tabs 12 b may be prevented from being short-circuited with the case 30 (referring to FIG. 1 ) by the separation distance G. That is, the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c formed by the overlapping of the first uncoated tab 11 b and the second uncoated tab 12 b are separated from the outside of the electrode assembly 10 by the separation distance G, thereby preventing a short-circuit with the case 30 receiving the electrode assembly 10 . Resultantly, the first electrode tab 11 c and the second electrode tab 12 c are formed inside of the non-tab part 17 , and the separation distance G forms a buffer space inside the case 30 such that the short-preventing effect may be improved.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view of the electrode assembly 10 .
  • the first uncoated tabs 11 b protrude from the electrode assembly 10 and overlap each other to be connected.
  • the first lead tab 21 electrically connected to the first electrode tab 11 c including the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b is described as an example.
  • the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b are pressed and overlapped with each other at one side of a short side direction of the electrode assembly 10 , thereby forming the first electrode tab 11 c .
  • the non-tab part 17 is positioned at the outside of the electrode assembly 10 and may be spirally wound in plural to the outside of the tab part 15 , the first uncoated tab 11 b positioned outermost among the plurality of first uncoated tabs 11 b in the first electrode tab 11 c and outermost of the electrode assembly 10 are separated by the separation distance G.
  • the separation distance G may increase. Accordingly, when the electrode assembly 10 is received by the receiving part 31 (referring to FIG. 1 ) of the case 30 (referring to FIG. 1 ), a space may be formed by the separation distance G between the case 30 and the first electrode tab 11 c of the electrode assembly 10 . Accordingly, even if the electrode assembly 10 is inflated by the swelling phenomenon, the first electrode tab 11 c may be prevented from coming into contact with the case 30 . That is, the separation distance G formed between the first uncoated tab 11 b positioned outermost of the first uncoated tab 11 bs in the first electrode tab 11 c and the case 30 may function as the buffer zone for preventing the short.
  • example embodiments provide a rechargeable battery having a winding structure of the electrode assembly that includes a gap between an outermost electrode tab and an interior sidewall of the case, thereby preventing a short between the electrode tab drawn out from the electrode assembly and the interior sidewall of the case.

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